Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg

Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg (2 March 1886-27 January 1974) was a General der Panzertruppe of Nazi Germany during World War II.

Biography
Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg was born on 2 March 1886 in Potsdam, Prussia, German Empire. Schweppenburg served in World War I and rose to the rank of Major-General of the Wehrmacht in 1937, leading the 3rd Panzer Division. He served in both the invasion of Poland in 1939 and the Battle of France in 1940, and in 1942 he served in the Caucasus until a command shakeup. Transferred to the Western Front, he fought against the Allied Powers at the Battle of Caen and in Normandy, and on 2 July 1944 Heinrich Eberbach replaced him. He died in 1974.